Top 5 Women-Founded Established Startups Largely Empowering e-Commerce Landscape


 

Eco Femme

Founders

Founders:  Kathy Walkling & Jessamijn Miedema

Eco Femme is a social enterprise in India owned and operated by women who focus on developing sustainable and environmentally friendly menstrual health products. Established in 2010, Eco Femme makes organic washable cloth nappies and pads that are healthy, comfortable, and chemical-free. The mission of the company is not only to sell products but to revolutionize menstrual practices by ensuring dignity, affordability, and sustainability.

With their initiatives, Eco Femme not only empowers rural women through local livelihoods but also promotes menstrual health education and frank discussions of menstruation, helping to eliminate taboos and promote well-informed decision-making. Their initiative is based on empowering women, reconnecting them with their body, with each other, and with the planet, and simultaneously promoting social change and sustainability. 

Portea Medical

Founder

Founder: Meena Ganesh

In India Portea Medical serves as the leading company dedicated to delivering medical solutions through home-based healthcare services. Portea established healthcare access along with affordability while promoting accountability to deliver nursing care and physiotherapy services as well as doctor consultations and critical care and elder care services and others.

Through its partnership with top hospitals and experienced medical specialists the firm provides optimal healthcare delivered with positive results. Portea uses its nationwide network in 40 cities and happy patient base of millions to provide personalized and empathetic healthcare services and reliable home-based medical care to patients and family members.